extreme community makeover

I have told y'all before that my mama is one amazing woman... She loves the Lord and loves people, plus she's an organizational genius. All of this combined means that she spends a decent chunk of her time helping people- making meals, volunteering at the church, getting to know each and every neighbor within a four block radius of their house...

One of the things she's been working on lately is coordinating a volunteer day for our church with an organization called "Extreme Community Makeover." It's really neat, actually... they partner with organizations or churches and homeowners to try to tackle home improvement projects. The focus is not necessarily just the project itself, though... it's more of a grassroots effort to inspire people to be a part of their community and improve their own homes and neighborhoods.

Anyhow, last Saturday was our work day... 80+ people armed with paintbrushes and ladders and saws and rakes from fellowship denver landscaped and painted and tore down a shed and all sorts of other goodness in an effort to be good neighbors to our fellow denver-ites. I'm so proud of my mom for coordinating this and so thankful for all of our friends who spent their Saturday working on other people's house projects... I can't wait till round 2!